How One Company Put Women in Charge

Kimberly-Clark Corp., the maker of Huggies diapers and Kotex feminine products, has a customer base that is 83% female. But a few years ago, amid a push to boost sales and earnings through new product innovation, bosses realized the company’s leadership did not reflect that base.

Even members of the board wondered where the women were, raising the issue in an executive-level meeting in 2009.